One pro of expository documentaries is that you're able to freely ask questions that you want in order to provoke the answer you may be seeking. However, one con of this mode of documentary is that it was difficult to find people to interview.
A pro of observational documentaries is that it's very relaxed and the filmmaker doesn't have to give much input towards what goes on in front of the camera. A con of this style would be that because the filmmaker has little input and control over what's happening the footage may not be what you wanted the documentary to be and it may be difficult to work with in post.
One practical fault we came across was that the cameras weren't all on the same setting when filming the observational documentary and as a result, some of the footage looks different to the rest. However, we overcame this in post by using colour correction in premiere pro to change the colour grade of the footage.
The only ethical issue that arose for me was during my participatory documentary as I filmed my mum who is a teacher and there was a possibility that some sensitive information may be released.
Looking forward towards my final documentary, I want to work on the planning side of the filmmaking as it was quite poor for these tasks.
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